If we eat a balanced diet, sleep well and exercise, do we need to pop supplements for our health? are among the most dramatic achievements in the history of nutritional science”, the prestigious Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) notes. Two and a half centuries later, if we eat a balanced diet replete with fruit and vegetables, sleep well and exercise, do we need to pop supplements to maintain peak health? Or are 46 per cent of the UK population wasting their money? NHS guidelines advise that we sun-deprived Brits take a vitamin D supplement during winter, that women take folic acid in…

Source: The Times January 08, 2019 00:00 UTC